Quake and tsunami in Japan

kitzune · Post by **kitzune** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:37 am

Just read the news:

8.9 quake with triggered tsunami and aftershocks stretching to Tokyo... hope everyone is safe... the following tsunami sounds really serious.

Apocalypse2K · Post by **Apocalypse2K** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:50 pm

I'm fine.

caquaa · Post by **caquaa** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:05 pm

Know if the tsunami hit as far south as Osaka? or mostly around the Tokyo area?

thulnanth · Post by **thulnanth** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:15 pm

Very scary stuff - glad to hear you're alright Apocalypse.

My thoughts and prayers go out to those less fortunate.

Take it easy,
Jared

Apocalypse2K · Post by **Apocalypse2K** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:49 pm

In Tokyo area, this tsunami hits around 2m.
In Osaka area, height is reduced to 0.5m.

If you live western US, Hawaii, and/or any region of Pacific Rim, tsunami hits within 48 hours. Be careful.

yvel · Post by **yvel** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:22 pm

Well, I glad to hear that everything is fine for you !

(By the way, did you received my package ?)

kitzune · Post by **kitzune** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:25 pm

Apocalypse1150 wrote:I'm fine.

Apocalypse1150: Good to hear you're okay.

Hope the other members from affected areas are the same... take care.

notsofasteddie · Post by **notsofasteddie** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:36 pm

Hiromichi,

Glad to hear that you are o.k. I hope that the rest of the Japanese Librarities members like Masaaki are fine as well.

Ed

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:45 pm

Apocalypse1150 wrote:I'm fine.

Glad to hear from you. Hope the others are well too. Korean news had a lot more detail than the US news, specially about phone and internet interuptions.

Gary

macone · Post by **macone** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:58 pm

I'm fine too, thanks.

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:07 pm

Real glad to hear that.

My heart really goes out to the people affected by this. It must have been such a shock to have it happen "out of the clear blue".

I am now praying that the nuclear plant doesn't melt down.

Gary

suessewuchtbrumme · Post by **suessewuchtbrumme** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:08 am

good to hear from the japanese members and I am happy that you are fine but I think the countdown to meltdown already begun >:-(

mystical_tutor · Post by **mystical_tutor** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:33 am

suessewuchtbrumme wrote:good to hear from the japanese members and I am happy that you are fine but I think the countdown to meltdown already begun >:-(

I don't know much about these things but can't they pull the rods and stop the reaction?

Ram-Gang · Post by **Ram-Gang** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:43 am

mystical_tutor wrote:
suessewuchtbrumme wrote:good to hear from the japanese members and I am happy that you are fine but I think the countdown to meltdown already begun >:-(
I don't know much about these things but can't they pull the rods and stop the reaction?

They could but there is no external power at the plant & their generators failed yesterday during of the aftershocks. Hopefully the reactors slowly meltdown so the radiation stays relatively contained. (It's ironic that a nuclear powerplant can't power itself.)

kitzune · Post by **kitzune** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:44 am

At least the reactor cores are still intact. As long as they can keep the sea water levels in the reactors high enough and with sufficient boric acid, the chances of a major meltdown will decrease.

I'm praying that none of the aftershocks are too severe - they don't need more to contend with when trying to stabilize the reactors or mount rescue operations.

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